Friday, May 10. 2013
Jugger promoted in Poland
Polish jugger has formed a league consisting of five teams, mainly post-apocalyptic brethren joined by a viking reenactment group. There has been one tournament played this year, although next are already being planned. However, main focus of the community is to promote jugger, especially by playing it during various conventions.
One of the promotional tournaments was held on Saturday 27 April 2013 during a convention ‘Grojkon’ in Bielsko-Biała. Actually, a few people admitted that they had known the game from the movie, yet they hadn’t had a chance to play it. Announcing among the visitors got us two new teams ready to take up the challenge. After the rules were simply explained and a show match was played, gathering spectators eagerly joined and formed next three teams ad hoc, which effected in a tournament of 5 teams of people generally new to the game.
Round-robin tournament with the first to score two points winning format. Games were played in formations of a staff, a chain and two short weapons with kneeling for three seconds after being hit by
any. The newly-formed teams played well and followed fair-play rules.Team Chickens climbed the podium having won the third place, Raubritters were the runner-ups and TAD comfortably won. The level all players presented was surprisingly high and what is more important everyone enjoyed the event very much. Such games are played several times a month and will certainly be included in next conventions, which are quite often in Poland, and will hopefully let us gain more players for the sport. Probably, the next league tournament will be played in the beginning of July.
One of the promotional tournaments was held on Saturday 27 April 2013 during a convention ‘Grojkon’ in Bielsko-Biała. Actually, a few people admitted that they had known the game from the movie, yet they hadn’t had a chance to play it. Announcing among the visitors got us two new teams ready to take up the challenge. After the rules were simply explained and a show match was played, gathering spectators eagerly joined and formed next three teams ad hoc, which effected in a tournament of 5 teams of people generally new to the game.
Round-robin tournament with the first to score two points winning format. Games were played in formations of a staff, a chain and two short weapons with kneeling for three seconds after being hit by
any. The newly-formed teams played well and followed fair-play rules.Team Chickens climbed the podium having won the third place, Raubritters were the runner-ups and TAD comfortably won. The level all players presented was surprisingly high and what is more important everyone enjoyed the event very much. Such games are played several times a month and will certainly be included in next conventions, which are quite often in Poland, and will hopefully let us gain more players for the sport. Probably, the next league tournament will be played in the beginning of July.
Thursday, April 4. 2013
Free Jugger ebook hits 1,000!
The Uhu is quite proud that he can assert: The free Jugger ebook has hit over 1,000 downloads in March! Thanks to all who have read this book, and even more to those who contributed to it. Don't forget, if you have news on Jugger in your country, don't hesitate to write a little on the way Jugger is played "your way", how the sport has evolved in your country etc. Also photos are most appreciated (with the express permission of the photographer).
Welcome!
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Saturday, March 9. 2013
Colorado Jugger Rules have been finished!
Hello Jugger world!
I have been spending the last month working on it, and wanted to present to you a pdf copy of the Jugger Rules (Colorado Edition)!
Find it here! Colorado Jugger Rules.pdf
I was inspired to create this ruleset from my passion for foam weapon fighting. I have been playing the LARP Amtgard for 18 years. Amtgard has its own form of Jugger called Jugging, and I have been playing that version all this time.
I have looked at German and Australian Jugger over the years, and have always wanted to try it. Jugging/Jugger has been my favorite game to play in Amtgard over the years, and after forming my own foam weapon site, www.foamforge.net, I realized that I had everything I would need to create the pompfen, jugg, and goals. In Colorado, Jugging has been a part of our Amtgard events for as long as I can remember, and I have always heard that people would like to play it more, however Amtgard is a LARP, and their focus is recreating and roleplaying mixed with combat. Jugging has taken a back seat with most groups around the nation, even though it is played, it is rare to see groups playing more than once or twice a year. The main reason is, Amtgard has many other things inside of it, and Jugging is more of a casual activity.
I wanted to change that, I wanted to drop the Elf Ears and Capes, throw on a jersey and just play! I have friends that want to do the same, and so here we are!
We are going to have a weapon building party soon, where we are going to play the original move Salute of the Jugger and build enough gear for a few teams...then practice! ^_^
Thank you all for joining me on this journey, I hope to be able to play all over the world one day!
-Doug
I have been spending the last month working on it, and wanted to present to you a pdf copy of the Jugger Rules (Colorado Edition)!
Find it here! Colorado Jugger Rules.pdf
I was inspired to create this ruleset from my passion for foam weapon fighting. I have been playing the LARP Amtgard for 18 years. Amtgard has its own form of Jugger called Jugging, and I have been playing that version all this time.
I have looked at German and Australian Jugger over the years, and have always wanted to try it. Jugging/Jugger has been my favorite game to play in Amtgard over the years, and after forming my own foam weapon site, www.foamforge.net, I realized that I had everything I would need to create the pompfen, jugg, and goals. In Colorado, Jugging has been a part of our Amtgard events for as long as I can remember, and I have always heard that people would like to play it more, however Amtgard is a LARP, and their focus is recreating and roleplaying mixed with combat. Jugging has taken a back seat with most groups around the nation, even though it is played, it is rare to see groups playing more than once or twice a year. The main reason is, Amtgard has many other things inside of it, and Jugging is more of a casual activity.
I wanted to change that, I wanted to drop the Elf Ears and Capes, throw on a jersey and just play! I have friends that want to do the same, and so here we are!
We are going to have a weapon building party soon, where we are going to play the original move Salute of the Jugger and build enough gear for a few teams...then practice! ^_^
Thank you all for joining me on this journey, I hope to be able to play all over the world one day!
-Doug
Tuesday, March 5. 2013
1st Coruña Open - Galicia, Spain
Greetings, international jugger players! It's been a long time since last time we reported from Galicia (northwestern Spain), but here we are again to keep you updated. The Spanish Jugger Community is growing fast and those who already have been in the trenches for more than 2 years have finally established a strong base in our regions, now hoping to stand still while new or stronger jugger teams appear from now on. Our group, the “Galician Association of Jugger”, actually operates in the cities of Coruña, Vigo and Santiago de Compostela, housing 8 official and stable teams.
Two weeks ago we celebrated the 1st Coruña Open, on February 23, 2013, at the northern city of A Coruña. We were honored to have among us two teams from Madrid and other one from Valencia, besides other galician teams from both Coruña and Vigo. It was the first true experience with other Spanish Juggers, quite small tournament but really distracted and instructive one. We are lucky to have got along with our fellow players, even some of us made new friends or strengthened bonds! Everyone is willing to meet again, hopefully during the 2nd International Tournament (Zaragoza) on April. While we Galician players are already looking for other Spanish Tournaments to travel to Madrid or Valencia in the next months, we're already organising a Jugger Summer Camp on our shores where we'll welcome any spanish, european or worldwide player! (Full information will be provided in the next months).
Here I bring you a small gallery compilation from this tournament, enclosed by some pictures. You can watch full albums on our Facebook Group or visiting our Official Website (v 2.0).
1st Coruña Open (Madrid Camera) Album. Click here!
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These were the 10 participating Jugger Teams and Final Ranking after 30 classification matches, semifinal and final match.
Juggermeisters [JGM] and Metal Huargos [MHU], both from Madrid, Gold and Silver medal respectively. Nice game! Greater fellows.
1º Juggermeisters [JGM] - Madrid
2º Metal Huargos [MHU] - Madrid
3º Black Dragons [BDR] - Valencia
4º Santa Compaña [SCM] - A Coruña
5º Skull Impalers [SKL] - A Coruña
6º Celtic Avengers [CAV] - Vigo
7º Trenckos [TRK] - Vigo
8º Northwest Wolves [NWW] - A Coruña
9º Valkyries [VAL] - A Coruña
10º Rägnarok [RAG] - A Coruña
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Thank you very much for your attention. Maybe we shall meet in Spain, Germany or somewhere else in Europe.
Best regards.
--- Signed: “Lébor Corbalis”,
Founder of the Galician Association of Jugger.
Two weeks ago we celebrated the 1st Coruña Open, on February 23, 2013, at the northern city of A Coruña. We were honored to have among us two teams from Madrid and other one from Valencia, besides other galician teams from both Coruña and Vigo. It was the first true experience with other Spanish Juggers, quite small tournament but really distracted and instructive one. We are lucky to have got along with our fellow players, even some of us made new friends or strengthened bonds! Everyone is willing to meet again, hopefully during the 2nd International Tournament (Zaragoza) on April. While we Galician players are already looking for other Spanish Tournaments to travel to Madrid or Valencia in the next months, we're already organising a Jugger Summer Camp on our shores where we'll welcome any spanish, european or worldwide player! (Full information will be provided in the next months).
Here I bring you a small gallery compilation from this tournament, enclosed by some pictures. You can watch full albums on our Facebook Group or visiting our Official Website (v 2.0).
1st Coruña Open (Madrid Camera) Album. Click here!
__________________________________________
These were the 10 participating Jugger Teams and Final Ranking after 30 classification matches, semifinal and final match.
Juggermeisters [JGM] and Metal Huargos [MHU], both from Madrid, Gold and Silver medal respectively. Nice game! Greater fellows.
1º Juggermeisters [JGM] - Madrid
2º Metal Huargos [MHU] - Madrid
3º Black Dragons [BDR] - Valencia
4º Santa Compaña [SCM] - A Coruña
5º Skull Impalers [SKL] - A Coruña
6º Celtic Avengers [CAV] - Vigo
7º Trenckos [TRK] - Vigo
8º Northwest Wolves [NWW] - A Coruña
9º Valkyries [VAL] - A Coruña
10º Rägnarok [RAG] - A Coruña
__________________________________________
Thank you very much for your attention. Maybe we shall meet in Spain, Germany or somewhere else in Europe.
Best regards.--- Signed: “Lébor Corbalis”,
Founder of the Galician Association of Jugger.
Monday, February 11. 2013
New Juggerblog link-logo
Here comes a new link button for the International Jugger Blog, based on the logos I designed for player positions / patches – feel free to copy, crop it, adjust the color to and embed it in your website (ideally with a link to us).
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Tuesday, January 1. 2013
¡Feliz año nuevo! Frohes Neues! Happy New Year! Gott nytt år!
Gott nytt år, frohes Neues und happy new Year 2013!Last year, quite a bit happened with Jugger, again:
Mexico
While the state and background of Jugger is unknown there, a video turned up on YouTube showing Jugger probably played in Mexico.
See also this clip with an explanation and their Facebook page.
Colombia
News have reached us from Colombia:
- Now we are an official (legal) sports association, and we have some support from the government.
- We have a lot of new members and some new teams that play Jugger every Saturday.
- We have a new ranking system.
- The Colombian Jugger League is a reality; we are beginning with the team sing ups on 1st January.
- We are improving a lot our training scheme, and the results are notorious.
(via e-mail from Speculum Alae)
Keep it up!
Sverige
We are working hard since September in establishing Jugger in Sweden as well, under the "working title" Järnfalkar Projektet. The start sounds quite promising: - We are invited to have the first full-scale Jugger games at all in Sweden at the Metalsvenskan metal festival in Örebro,
- a Historic Fencing group is already preparing to make their own pompår,
- and regular trainings are held in the village of Järnboås every monday and at irregular intervals at sundays as well, for adults.
- Furthermore, new Jugger teams and activities can be coordinated via the Svedish Jugger platform http://www.jugger.se.
Espania
The Spanish Jugger community is strong as ever – they are quite young but already made an impact. They even participated in the 3rd German Open with many teams and gained high respect for their well-trained style of playing.
Furthermore, some German teams will participate in their 2nd International Tournament in 2013.
Australia
Jugger is also spreading in Australia. Of course, they visited us at the 3rd German Open as well!
Eire
Irish Jugger are still in full go. They also competed in Berlin.
Nederlands
Jugger has also been started in the Netherlands. It will be interesting to observe their development!
U.S.
It is hard to say something precise on the development in the U. S. There are very active groups of the post-apocalyptic branch with the CUJL (see flickr), juggersalute is down, and it is unclear how far the sports branch got until now.
(Not so) finally, Deutschland
Jugger is still growing rapidly in Germany.
- It is reported that more and more schools and youth projects are starting Jugger groups. New independent teams are popping up almost every month now.
- Therefore, the 3rd German Open / 15. Deutsche Meisterschaft, held on the Tempelhofer Feld (former airfield) in Berlin, was the biggest tournament in history, and even exceeded its predecessors by one third: 62 teams plus 4 youth teams came together for this huge traditional Jugger Championships, and considering the many hundred players on the fields, it is reported to have worked exceptionally well.
- Also, towns are already competing for the best week-ends to hold tournaments – there will be many week-ends now which are double- or triple-booked for tournaments.
- Berlin, one of the first Jugger towns, might now possibly have even four big tournaments, after a branch left the Jugger e. V. to form their own group: The traditional Berliner Juggerpokal; possibly the traditional Deutsche Meisterschaft (if Berlin applies this year again and is elected); maybe the Freundschaftliche Winterspiele (not confirmed yet); and the new new Jugger Masters 2013 - Der Kessel von Berlin, a special tournament.
- At the end of this entry, enjoy the expectional clip from the Hallesche Doppelsöldner, and below the famous ambient clip from Falco jugger Freifalke Linus.
I would like to recommend a look at the German Jugger forum, which is very detailed.
Other countries
There are other countries like Polska (see former entries in this weblog), but I don't have first-hand news on them now.
Uhus News
In other news, Uhus Jugger weblog, the most detailed weblog on Jugger until then, is closed now, since I am changing weblog software and will probably blog mostly on Jugger i Sverige after relaunch. The old blog will be still available, though.
Uhus Rulebook Comments (Das Juggerregelwerk – Uhus Kommentar)
After I have quit my "assignment" as Keeper of the German Jugger Rules in 2012 which I had since 2007, I have compiled Uhus Comments on the Jugger Rules (updated just in the last days). Many questions came up in the forums, some things were misunderstood, some phrases are not exact, and some details are better explained in an external comment instead of in the official rules document itself.
While the Jugger Rules are "officially" legitimated by an election process by the whole active German Jugger community, this comment barely shows my personal views and opinions on the matter, but makes it possible to point out potential flaws or misunderstandings.
Uhus Comments on the Jugger Rules ⇒ can be downloaded here in German.
A new Jugger book
Furthermore, I have just finished the work on a new Jugger book, my fourth now (not counting the free PDF ebook in English). I have highest expectations for this one for it could become the best book on the topic I was able to publish yet:
Thanks to my fellow Juggers from Berlin, Greifswald and Jena, I could take many hundred "stop-motion" photos on basic fighting techniques. The book will be a bit like those Judo/Karate factbooks where every move is shown, to enable unexperienced players to quickly grab the basics of Jugger duelling and play. Even more experienced players might find interesting bits, for I could win some of the most experienced German Jugger players for the job. Every (German) Pompfen type will have it's own chapter and also chapters how to fight against other types. And of course, strategy and teamplay also get their due share.
I am now waiting for the preprinted proofs from the publisher, so i hope the book shall be released this spring, at Zauberfeder Verlag: Ruben Philipp Wickenhäuser: Die Jugger-Schule. Training, Taktik, Teambuilding, Zauberfeder 2013.
If you learn of Juggers in other countries, don't hesitate to contact us! Thanks!
So now, a happy new year with tons of Jugger games!
Time for the Videos – cheers!
Tuesday, October 30. 2012
Första Jugger Turneringen i Sverige på Metallsvenskan
Metalhead? And Jugger? Than this is for you. Rrriktig Metal. Riktig kul sporten.The first tournament (at least we know of) in Sweden, Järnfalkar Metal turneringen, will be held in association with the Heavy Metal festival Metallsvenskan 2013 -- an event where you can get hårdaste metal and where the bands challenge each other in a football match.
And we, the Juggers, will play The Game right where we belong, in the midst of all: Just during the break of the football match, on the field, with all the metal fans as spectators, sparking the flame for Jugger in them.
But even that is not all. The fight for the dog skull will continue during the event near the football field. And after that, the tournament itself will determine the best team in Sverige. Details follow.
We hope for some German teams to join us as well, for this is a dream for any real fan of Heavy Metal come true (and for other Juggers as well).
If you wish to join us for this great event, contact Uhu and have a look at the tournament system JTR.
⇒ Here are impressions from Metallsvenskan, with bands like U.D.O., Amon Amarth, Sabaton, Hardcore Superstars and many others.
⇒ Informations on Jugger i Sverige är här.
⇒ Für deutschsprachige Spielerinnen und Spieler: Hier geht's zur Jugger-Foren-Diskussion zu Metallsvenskan (interessierte Söldner und Teams).
Vi ses!
Foto: Xenia (Metal Festival Slovenia)
Friday, October 5. 2012
Patches for player positions
First, I did them just as little symbols for my personal, more general use in Jugger-related topics.
But then I made patches out of the graphics that could be ironed on jerseys ... and they became quite well! A team already asked for a set of those and it worked fine; so if you want some as well, just send me an email.
Here are the motifs:
Upper row: Qwik, Staff, Q-Tip, Longsword, Shield, Chain.
Middle row: Captain, Head of team, Juggermaster (distribution restricted), Wardrobe carrier.
Lower row: Trainer, enforcer in general, "weaponsmith".
(See Uhus finest-assorted Weblog Droppings for more details in German and a guideline for ironing-on.)
But then I made patches out of the graphics that could be ironed on jerseys ... and they became quite well! A team already asked for a set of those and it worked fine; so if you want some as well, just send me an email. Here are the motifs:
Upper row: Qwik, Staff, Q-Tip, Longsword, Shield, Chain.
Middle row: Captain, Head of team, Juggermaster (distribution restricted), Wardrobe carrier.
Lower row: Trainer, enforcer in general, "weaponsmith".
(See Uhus finest-assorted Weblog Droppings for more details in German and a guideline for ironing-on.)
Tuesday, September 18. 2012
Jugger i Sverige: Första träning
The first training in Jugger in Sverige known to me will be held at the upcoming monday, September 24th, by Järnboås IF at Järnboås fotbollplan, kl 18.00.
It will be just an easy little "what is this??", and hopefully will spark some first enthusiasm about Jugger in the Swedes, ancestors of the good old vikings ...
Interested people from Örebro eller Nora är välkommen.
Bring gloves.
Addendum: Success! It has been a nice session indeed.
Träning är i varje måndag, kl 18.00. Järnboås fotbollsplan eller skola.
It will be just an easy little "what is this??", and hopefully will spark some first enthusiasm about Jugger in the Swedes, ancestors of the good old vikings ...
Interested people from Örebro eller Nora är välkommen.
Bring gloves.
Addendum: Success! It has been a nice session indeed.
Träning är i varje måndag, kl 18.00. Järnboås fotbollsplan eller skola.
Wednesday, September 12. 2012
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Beiträge in diesem ersten Jugger-Weblog nach und von uhusnest geben nur die Meinung des jeweiligen Autors/der jeweiligen Autorin wieder. Ihre Inhalte macht sich das Blog-Team nicht zwingendermaßen zu Eigen. Gleiches gilt für Links. Die Rechte an Beiträgen und Bildern liegen bei deren Schöpfern. Die Verantwortung für die Moderation der Kommentare liegt bei dem Verfasser/der Verfasserin des jeweiligen Eintrags.
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